
Acting
Patricia Laffan
London, England, UKBorn 1919
Patricia Alice Laffan (19 March 1919 – 10 March 2014) was an English stage, film, television and radio actress, and also, after her retirement from acting, an international fashion impresario. She was five feet, six inches tall, with dark reddish-brown hair and green eyes. She is best known for her film roles as the Empress Poppaea in Quo Vadis (1951) and the alien Nyah in Devil Girl from Mars (1954). Her biography, Devil Girl Remembered, was written by Andrew Ross in 2021.
14
Films
3
TV Shows
Known For
17 Credits
Maigret
1960

The Count of Monte Cristo
1956

Quo Vadis
as Poppaea
1951

Colonel March of Scotland Yard
as Jane
1956

I See a Dark Stranger
as Bit Part (uncredited)
1946

Devil Girl from Mars
as Nyah
1954

23 Paces to Baker Street
as Miss Alice MacDonald
1956

Anna Karenina
as Betsy, Princess Tverskoy
1961

Rough Shoot
as Magda
1953

Caravan
as Betty (uncredited)
1946

Escape Route
as Irma Brookes
1952

Crooks in Cloisters
as Lady Florence
1964